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Europe

CULTIVATE 
Measure under IST aiming to set up a network of European Cultural Heritage nodes, incorporating archives, libraries, museums, galleries and other institutions of culture that are interested in cross-sector co-operation 
http://www.cultivate-europe.org 

ACTIVATE 
Project trialling the use of new technology to open new modes of access to cultural content http://www.librarycouncil.ie/activate.html

Digicult
Provides information about EC funded research into new information technologies for applications in the cultural and heritage sector, and an overview of the Unit's current activities (FP6) and past activities (FP4 &5).
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/digicult/

OpenHeritage
A research project funded under the Fifth Framework Programme (Jan 2001 - Dec 2002) aiming to create an IT infrastructure and service to improve access to collections information held by regional museums and galleries. The collections of regionally distributed smaller museums will thus be as attractive and accessible as the larger, better known, museum collections. This "cultural driven" economy could give a significant contribution to the local economic development enabling the enrichment of local touristic and cultural assets. http://www.openheritage.com/

REGNET
Linked to Open Heritage, this aims to set up a functional network of cultural centres throughout Europe which will provide IT services to cultural and heritage organisations. This is significant in strengthening regional co-operation. http://www.regnet.org/

Australia
Picture Australia
This site contains over half a million image records from collections in museums, galleries, archives, universities, public libraries and historical societies.
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/

State Library of Queensland - Multicultural Bridge: Library Information in your language
History, genealogy, cultural identity
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/bridge/HomeFlash/HomeFlash.htm

Austria
"Bibliotheken Online"
The online union catalogue of Büchereiverband Österreichs
http://www.bibliotheken.at/

Bulgaria
The Old Varna Project
Digital exposition which contains hundreds of photos from the collections of the Varna Historical Museum, the Public Archives, the Varna Public Library and private collections.
http://www.libvar.bg

Canada
Canadian Digital Cultural Content Initiative
http://www.pch.gc.ca/cdcci-icccn/index_e.cfm

Czech Republic
Libraries, archives and museums in a digital age workshops are held regularly in the Czech Republic.

Chrudim District Library
There are some examples of regional projects which process the history of the region. One example is Chrudim District Library which has a website (also available in English) providing information about legends and sights of this region including distinguished celebrities. http://www.knihovna-cr.cz/Eng/digitalization.html

Modrý štít: another example of cooperation co-operation between libraries, museums and archives is the consortium called "Modrý štít" (in English "Blue Shield") which is aimed at dealing with disaster situations e.g. floods in cases of an exposure of library stocks and heritage objects.

Denmark 
Centre for Research on Life Enlightenment and Cultural Identity
Nornesalen conducts research and carries out archive and library work related to folk work, the Free Schools (de frie skoler), and Grundtvigian tradition and history. http://www.nornesalen.dk/

CultureNet
http://www.kulturnet.dk

FINFO 2000 
Information for refugees and immigrants
http://www.aakb.bib.dk/finfo/
Silkeborg Bibliotek http://www.silkeborg.bib.dk/

KulturNaut 
http://www.kulturnaut.dk 

Council on Preservation of Cultural Values of Libraries, Museums and Archives
Established at the Ministry of Culture.
http://www.kul.ee/index.php?path=444

Finland

Kulttuuri.net
Gateway to Finnish culture.
http://www.kulttuuri.net/

MCL - MultiCultural Library
To make multicultural services available to everyone through the Internet, keeping in mind particularly the cultural and information needs of foreigners living in Finland.
http://www.lib.hel.fi/mcl/index.html

Muisti (Memory)
A joint project of heritage organisations co-ordinated by the National Library. The aim of the project is to digitise national heritage material, books, manuscripts, maps and images. 
http://www.linnea.helsinki.fi/memory/etusivue.html

France
Inventory of digital art initiatives on the web 
Produced by AEC and the local agency of the Ministry of Culture. 
http://www.aecom.org/netart/portail.html

Valenciennes library 
Providing digitised microfilm of old manuscripts 
http://www.ville-valenciennes.fr/bib/fondsvirtuels/microfilms/accueil.asp

The Charette project 
Co-operation between the town of Poitiers and Princeton University. Multi-media digital archive containing a medieval manuscript tradition.
http://www.princeton.edu/~lancelot/

Germany 
Bremen Public Library
Offers an unusual online guide to its art collection, including pictorial content. http://www.graphotek.bremen.de/

Stuttgart Public Library 
An outstanding example of creating and accessing diverse cultural content: has created both a physical and a virtual “Literary Salon” which inspires visitors on the spot or through the Internet with creative access to literature. 
http://www.stuttgart.de/stadtbuecherei/kinderbuecherei/

Hungary
The Hungarian Electronic Library (MEK)
One of the projects of the Hungarian National Infrastructure Development Program and the Hungarian National Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár), it aims to be the central collection of the public-domain Hungarian electronic texts for educational, scientific research, and cultural purposes.
http://www.mek.iif.hu/

Iceland
SagaNet
Co-operative project of large-scale digitalisation of about 240,000 manuscript pages and 153,000 printed pages by the National and University Library of Iceland and Cornell University in the USA with the association of the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland. The material consists of the entire range of Icelandic family sagas. It also includes a very large portion of Germanic/Nordic mythology (the Eddas), the history of Norwegian kings, contemporary sagas and tales from the European age of chivalry.
http://www.sagnanet.is/

Ireland 
Arts&Libraries 
A series of pilot projects exploring new ways of promoting readership and literature/arts participation through public libraries.
http://www.librarycouncil.ie/projects.html

Dundalk Library 
In County Louth, bordering Northern Ireland runs the Books Across the Border - a cross-border, cross-community project run to promote peace and understanding by encouraging adults to read quality Irish fiction. 
http://www.louthcoco.ie/louth/html/initivs.htm

Waterford County Library
Has compiled a number of resources on Local Studies and Family History including the Civil Deaths Register. http://www.familia.org.uk/services/eire/waterford.html

Macedonia
Macedonian Cultural Heritage: http://www.culture.org/mk
Museums of Macedonia: http://www.unet.com.mk/museums

Netherlands
Cultuurpunt Breda 
The municipality of Breda wishes to include more people in art and cultural projects in the city, based on its Action Plan Cultural Reach. In a project jointly subsidised by the Ministry of Culture, the library set up an infodesk for all cultural activities. 
http://www.cultuur.breda.nl/

Digital heritage The Netherlands
The Vereniging Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland (DEN, Dutch Digital Heritage Association) aims to improve digital accessibility of cultural and scientific heritage in The Netherlands by promoting an integrated, cross-sector, cross-institution approach to digitalization and accessibility issues.
http://www.den.nl/

Lombok Mondiaal 
A multicultural study centre in Utrecht 
http://www.utrecht.nl/bibliotheek/lombokmondiaal/index.cfm

Norway
Netting Local History
Project initiated by The Norwegian Directorate for Public Libraries to develop co-operation in the sector of museums, libraries and archives and network organisation in the development of public libraries.
http://samson.bibtils.no/Tilskudd/prosjekter/skjerm/about.htm

Kulturnett Norge
http://www.kulturnett.no/

The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority
Established January 1, 2003, this institution is the result of a merger between the Norwegian Directorate for Public Libraries, the Norwegian Museum Authority, and the National Office for Research Documentation, Academic and Special Libraries. Joint development in the Archive, Library and Museum sectors, in addition to sector specific challenges, are priorities for the Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority.
http://www.abm-utvikling.no/

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